Kaylee Brown - Personal Leadership Plan

           Kaylee Dawn Brown : Click to view my resume

 This blog showcases my personal learning, growth and development through the Interdisciplinary Leadership Minor at Eastern Michigan University. Each main page has different tabs that summarize one of the core classes in completion of the minor located on the right side of the webpage. The first page from LEAD 201 focuses on my first introspection and internal evaluation of my values and understanding of leadership as an idea. The next page from LEAD 301 focuses on cultural competence and understanding how to work in different groups with different organizational cultures. The most recent page is from LEAD 401 which completes this, with a chance to do a capstone experience in the greater community and apply the knowledge and skills learned previously.

My leadership vision has to do with the legacy I would like to leave someday. I would like to be remembered as someone who put others first but was still able to complete their goals, as a servant leader would. I would like to be remembered as someone who was stable, reliable and stood true while still being able to adapt to change, as an authentic leader would. More than anything, I want to help be a transformational leader who helps others see the leader within them. I plan to do this by learning people's lived experiences and helping to model the way and encourage their heart as they move forward in their own leadership journey.

Personal Leadership Plan Critique (Part 2)

What is culture?

Last semester was spent with a lot of self-reflection about traits, styles and skills. It was also my first time being exposed to what leadership is and how many different ways and contexts in which it takes place. This semester is LEAD 301 is taking everything a step further, from an intrapersonal perspective to an interpersonal perspective. This combined with my extra experience in the Multicultural Leadership Program on campus has allowed me to consider my identities in the broader social context. It is impossible to separate or ignore the fact that we all come from different backgrounds and have different identities and even the salience of these identities varies from individual to individual.

Culture can be a beautiful thing but it also has the power to cause destruction. This TedTalk discusses how people naturally form groups, we are social beings and we like those who are like us. However, in our day to day lives we will encounter others who are very different from us. On the road to cultural competence and great leadership, it is important to learn about these things. This LEADership experience has already changed the way I look at the world and I'm hoping that I will now be able to begin to apply it to what I want to do in the future, practice therapy and allow people to get the most out of their lives.

Personal Leadership Plan (Part 1)

What is Leadership?

Being a leader was never something that I thought I would be. Never something that I thought I could be. I used to think that, of course, there were leaders out there but they were people who were born with certain characteristics that made them able to lead others. I now know that that means I was in the "awareness" level of leadership. I now know so much more about leadership and how it is a group process and how everyone has the potential to influence others, all it takes it is a common goal and some heart. I am thankful that I was persuaded to take LEAD 201 and try out the LEADership Minor because I now know that learning about myself and learning to lead is something that will take me further, not just in my education but in making my life meaningful.

 This blog showcases the work from this semester and the intrapersonal awareness that was gained, the first step in leadership is to develop yourself to reach the point where leadership becomes a much more broad concept. Many quotes about life and love say that you can't help others, unless you can help yourself and the same goes for leadership. You must first understand yourself, your values and strengths, before you can go forward into an interpersonal and social development. I am excited to see what the future holds with this experience in leadership.